InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Hanyous may not be all the same ❯ Arrangements ( Chapter 4 )

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Sesshoumaru seemed to give it a thought for a while before he answered her question. “You shall get Toutousai to make a seal for you, as he did for my half brother” he commanded flatly.

 

Kagome, reluctant to disagree with him just after he had spared her life, just nodded. “Agreed”

 

Chapter 4: Arrangements

 

“Don't even think of it, wench, we've already lost enough time searching for you instead of jewel shards, so move your lazy ass and lets catch up with those you sensed last day. They could very well be the last ones and we don't need Naraku getting his nasty hands on them” Inuyasha spat, pissed that Kagome had so readily agreed with his brother when she always argued with him about everything.

 

Sango rolled her eyes at the silver headed hanyou. “Oh, well, then we should have you deal with her when she loses control. Maybe getting your ass purified will knock some sense into that thick skull of yours” she told him.

 

“Feh! Like she could do anything to me!” he boasted, even though he knew he was getting himself in deep shit.

 

“Inuyasha” came Kagome's sweet voice from behind him. He cringed and waited for what he knew came next. “Osuwari”

 

He went face first into the floor, as he let out a string of curses about damn wenches and their temper. His pride was one day gonna get him in deep trouble and he knew it, but he couldn't help it. Pissing Kagome off was his dearest hobby, followed close by bullying Shippo.

 

“Well, now that we all have an agreement we should get going” Kagome said, her voice cheerful though it didn't really reach her eyes.

 

Sesshoumaru, who had been watching the entire argument in silence, decided to speak up.

 

“This Sesshoumaru shall be accompanying you in order to ensure that his demand of sealing the miko's blood is fulfilled.” he stated, his tone leaving no place for arguments. He saw Kagome give him a surprised look.

 

Nani?! Why in hell does he want to come with us? It's not at all like him, he hates humans, after all. Kagome mused. Oh, well, he probably just wants to make sure I don't end up wrecking his lands.

 

Inuyasha, however, was not happy about that last arrangement and made sure that it was known to everyone.

 

“Go fuck yourself, Sesshoumaru, we don't need you following us around. It's bad enough that we have to lose more time because of the wench.” He argued, as he stole a glance from the corner of his eye to see whether he was gonna get sat yet again. To his relief, he saw that Kagome seemed lost in thought and hadn't caught his last sentence.

 

“It is not a suggestion, half breed” the taiyoukai replied, effectively masking his growing annoyance at his half brother behind his façade of cold indifference. He was going to add something when Kagome, who had just snapped out of it, decided that it was time to step in, before they got to their `Try to kill your brother' mode. Resting her hand on Inuyasha's shoulder, she moved her fingers in a soothing way as she glanced at the stoic youkai in front of her.

 

“Inuyasha, it's okay” she said, her eyes still locked into those of the taiyoukai. “He didn't kill me when he had more than enough reasons to do so, so let's just let him do this, whatever his reasons are” she eyed Sesshoumaru intently the whole time, as if asking him for his motivation to join them for the time being.

 

Sesshoumaru just looked back at her, their eyes engaged in silent questioning, before looking away and speaking again.

 

“We shall take our leave, now that everything is settled. This Sesshoumaru suggests that we travel at demon speed, as there are pressing matters that should be taken care off at my castle.” He said in his cold velvety voice. Without further explanation, he set off.

 

The rest of them hurried to catch up with him the best they could. Sango jumped on Kirara's back, as Kagome picked Shippou up and placed him on her shoulder, seconds before spreading her golden wings and setting off towards the rising sun. Inuyasha complained, huffing and whining about having to carry the hentai houshi. Just before he started jumping from tree to tree he warned him to keep his hands to himself if he didn't want them chewed off.

 

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They had been going for the whole day, only making a small stop to eat something at midday, before they set off again towards the mountains where Totosai lived. They were now resting in a small clearing next to a river. Inuyasha was most pissed about his brothers company, though the stoic taiyoukai did all in his power to stay away from all of them. He really didn't care for a conversation with any of them, and watching their moronic behaviour towards each other just strengthened his decision. If it wasn't the houshi being slapped for being a hentai, then was his brother being crushed to the ground for pissing the miko.

 

As he thought about her, he remembered how she seemed absolutely clueless about what the markings on her face and body meant. It had been five centuries since he saw the emblem of the House of the Sun, and he most definitely hadn't expected to see it ever again. She seemed ashamed of it, though, and from what she had told them she believed it was some sort of family curse. So rumours may have been true, after all. I shall watch her closely, anyway. For the time being, hiding the markings might have been the wisest decision, but I can not understand the reasons for her ignorance where her family history is concerned. However, I could not smell any lie coming from her, so I would assume the miko in truth does not know who she is. Hmm, interesting indeed.

 

Sesshoumaru's musings were suddenly brought to an end when Inuyasha's yelling filled the clearing they were staying in. He looked up to be met with the sight of the little kitsune running around in an attempt to escape him, while calling out for Kagome to come to his rescue. The hanyou miko and the taijiya had gone to a nearby hot spring on their nightly ritual of getting themselves cleaned, but that had been a while ago and should be back any moment.

 

Inuyasha finally got hold of Shippou's fluffy tail and smacked him on the head, while he kept yelling at him for Kami knew what that he had done to the hanyou this time. After a couple smacks Shippou began crying, while he called for his okaa-san.

 

Suddenly, a loud snarl could be heard behind the tree line. Before any of them could react, an extremely pissed off Kagome made her appearance into the dancing light of the flames, her tan skin reflecting the fire as her wide golden wings enveloped her in a soft glow. Her eyes were beginning to bleed red and they could see that her fangs had elongated quite a bit. She looked as if she was going to lose it any moment.

 

“Pup” she said, her voice feral and so low that the hanyou's sensitive ears nearly missed it.

 

Inuyasha hesitated and looked at her, then at the kitsune cub he held in his hand. He tried to weigh Kagome's sanity at the moment. She seemed to know what she was doing, but she didn't look at all like herself. He didn't know if it was safe to hand Shippou over to her right then.

 

When she saw that the hanyou wasn't giving her back her pup, her beast snarled in rage and she jumped at him, her deadly claws ready for the kill. Sango just came rushing through the trees.

 

“Kagome, NO!!!” she screamed at her dear friend.

 

A blur of white and silver appeared out of nowhere behind Kagome and grasped her arms. Sesshoumaru glared at his half brother as he struggled to keep his grip on the furious female.

 

“Unless you have a death wish you should give her pup back to her. She has heard him cry for her and will not back up until she makes sure that he is safe and taken care of” he spoke, trying his best not to let his cold mask slip with the effort he was making to hold her down.

 

Inuyasha hesitantly let go of Shippou's tail. The little kitsune gulped at the terrifying sight that was his mother right now, bur his instincts were telling him that it was safe enough to go to her. She was, after all, trying to protect him. He walked up to her, and when he was within reach Sesshoumaru freed Kagome's arms. She quickly pulled Shippou to her arms and flew to a tree top. She sat on a wide branch and wrapped her wings around her and her pup, who was currently sitting comfortably on her lap and snuggling into her stomach.

 

Miroku, Sango and Inuyasha exchanged confused looks before the shaken hanyou spoke up what was going through all of their minds.

 

“What the hell just happened?!”

 

Sesshoumaru didn't even care to look their way, he just walked back to the tree he had been leaning on earlier and sat down, his back pressed against the hard wood. Looking up he allowed the silver light of the nearly full moon to bathe his features and stared at the stars above. What had he gotten himself into?

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Next morning Kagome couldn't bring herself to look at anybody's eyes in the group. She had nearly attacked Inuyasha, for heaven's sake!! What had she been thinking? If it hadn't been for Sesshoumaru… Thinking about him brought her to do a quick review of the events of the last couple of days. It was the second time in two days that she saved her life, and for the life of her she couldn't figure out what had gotten into him to do that. Sure, he hadn't been trying to kill them since he got Toukijin, but he hadn't been helping them either. For the last three years they had barely gotten word of him, since he had retreated to his castle to run his lands as he waited for Naraku to make his move. Kagome shook her head. Whatever it was that had gotten him to spare her life and protect her friends from her wrath, she was grateful.

 

She looked at the taiyoukai that was flying on his cloud a little ahead of her, and making up her mind she flew to Sango's side and handed her the slumbering kitsune that she carried in her arms. The poor kid had fallen asleep a little before noon, and she didn't want to wake him up. Anyway, she wanted to speak to Sesshoumaru and she didn't think he'd appreciate audience.

 

“Sango, could you please take care of Shippou for a while? I want to speak to Sesshoumaru” she told the taijiya, her voice still hesistant after what transpired last night.

 

“Of course, nee-chan” she answered with a bright smile. “You know, nobody blames you for what happened last night. It was an accident, and Inuyasha should have known that you'd be pissed if he hit Shippou” she added when she noticed the miko's guilty face.

 

Kagome faked a small smile, not wanting her sister more worried about her than she already was.

 

“It's okay, Sango-chan, I know. It's just difficult for me to think that I could have harmed any of you. Don't worry about me, I'll be all right.” she answered.

 

When Sango nodded she headed towards Sesshoumaru, gathering up the courage to tell him what she wanted to say. When she reached his side he didn't even bother to look at her. Instead, he kept going on, acting as if she weren't there. His attitude pissed Kagome, but she hadn't gone to him to argue, so she decided to just get over with it.

 

“Sesshoumaru-sama” she called, her voice nearly a whisper but loud enough for him to hear. When he saw him flickering his eyes towards her she blurted “I came to thank you.”

 

That seemed to catch his attention.

 

“And why would you, miko, be thankful to this Sesshoumaru?” he asked, his voice glacial and emotionless. He was genuinely curious as to why she was thanking him for, but he wasn't about to let that show.

 

“For not killing me when I attacked you” she answered “and for holding me down last night, when I was about to jump at Inuyasha. Thank you.” She replied, bowing her head slightly.

 

His amber orbs locked with her chocolate ones before he answered back.

 

“Do not be grateful for that, Kagome, for this Sesshoumaru only did it in repayment for the times you saved Rin. It wouldn't have been honourable to end your life when you were not in your right mind.”

 

His eyes were piercing through her, but she held his gaze and just nodded. Though his words have been cold, and a few years before probably would have hurt her, she understood the meaning behind them and appreciated it. He didn't see her as some ningen piece of trash, but as something important enough that would mar his honour should not be appropriately dealt with.

 

After their little exchange she just flew back to Sango to retrieve the little kitsune, and they kept going on till they reached Totosai's mountain a few hours before down.

 

Sesshoumaru, who was the first to arrive, landed at the entrance of the large cave the old youkai lived in, and the others quickly followed suit. Inuyasha and miroku hadn't arrived yet, as they had to climb the mountains instead of just flying to the top. They didn't have to wait long before sword maker walked out of the cave, Myoga comfortably sat on his shoulder.

 

“It's been a long time, Sesshoumaru” he greeted “What do I owe the pleasure of this visit?” he added, glancing to the rest of the group. He nearly jumped when Inuyasha and Miroku landed on the stone platform that was the entrance of his cave. “And Inuyasha too! Well, it seems that we have serious matters at hand if you two have left your differences at side to come here. Is there any problem with the fangs?” he inquired, almost totally convinced that something must be wrong with the swords if both brothers have come to him at the same time.

 

Inuyasha interrumped “Feh! There's nothing wrong with Tessaiga, you old fart! And it's not like I'm here with my ass of a brother because I want to. If the wench hadn't tried to rip his head off then I wouldn't have to put up with him!” Nobody noticed Myoga's astonished face as Inuyasha spoke.

 

“Osuwari” sounded Kagome's annoyed voice from behind him. When his face was well slammed into the hard rock she looked at Totosai apologetically. “Forgive his bad manners, please.” She said politely.

 

Totosai nodded absentmindedly and turned to Sesshoumaru, who had yet to utter a word.

 

“So tell me, Sesshoumaru, what is it that you want?” he asked.

 

“Miko, come forward” he ordered.

 

Kagome stepped forward, not before muttering something about arrogant jerks that go ordering people around.

 

“This Sesshoumaru wants a seal made to keep her blood under control” he stated plainly.

 

Totosai frowned and moved towards her, staring at her up and down and then circling around her to take a better look at her wings, as Kagome stood uncomfortably under his scrutiny. Well, she looks like a hanyou to me, but Sesshoumaru just called her a miko. Doesn't really make much sense. When he voiced his thoughts Kagome proceeded to tell him what she knew about her own nature. Totosai listened intently before speaking again.

 

“From what you're telling me, I think I will have to make not only one seal but two, in order to keep both youkai and miko power in control.” He said. “If they're able to overcome your senses both of them must hold great strength, so I will be needing equally powerful materials to forge them.”

 

Kagome didn't know exactly what he was talking about, but she had a feeling that this would cause trouble.

 

“Which would those materials be?” Shesshoumaru's icy voice asked from her left.

 

Totosai seemed to be deep in thought for a while before he answered.

 

“Well, for the miko seal, I'd say that a couple of pure shards would do the trick, but to seal such a powerful youki there's only one thing I can think of. The fang of a taiyoukai” he stated calmly, staring intently at Sesshoumaru, who didn't even flinch when he replied.

 

“Very well, then. You shall have it” he spoke, his velvety voice displaying the faintest hint of annoyance when he noticed everybody staring at him as he had grown a second head. He had already decided that he would not kill the miko, so he didn't have much of a choice. Besides, his inner youkai was throwing a fit at the thought of neglecting the fang, and though he had an idea of what the reasons for such behaviour would be, it was unnerving. Pushing those thoughts aside, he returned to the matter at hand. “When will the seals be ready?” he demanded.

 

Totosai thought for a moment. “I'd say that in three month's time they should be ended. I have never forged a miko seal, but I'm confident that I'll have no problems in making it.”

 

Sesshoumaru turned to look at the hanyou miko before he spoke.

 

“This Sesshoumaru shall provide the fang in one condition” he began “You shall be staying in my castle during the two weeks in which your youkai is most powerful until your seals are done. This Sesshoumaru shall not have a threat such as yourself wandering his lands, and you have shown your inability to reign on your instincts during that time. You may return to your companions for the remaining time” he declared, his eyes boring into Kagome's.

 

“Like hell she's doing that! We need her to find the damn shards!” Inuyasha interrupted “And how the hell do we know that you're not gonna just kill her when we're not around?”

 

Sesshoumaru's patience was growing very thin, but just as he was to threaten his brother Kagome spoke.

 

“Inuyasha, he could have just killed me when I first attacked him, and you weren't around” though she really didn't like the idea of spending two weeks a month with the Ice Prince, she went on with her argument “It is only fair that if he's going to help me get the seal I agree to stay under his watch until it is safe for me to go back again” what she didn't say, as she didn't know why the hell it was happening, was that she felt compelled to support him. Nevertheless, she faced the taiyoukai before she spoke again.

 

“I request, though, that I bring Shippou with me. He's my pup and therefore he should be mine to care for”

 

Sesshoumaru just nodded and, to everyone's surprise, brought his claw to his mouth and ripped out one of his fangs, which grew back immediately. His face never showed the slightest trace of pain during the whole process. Handing it to the old youkai, he turned to Kagome.

 

She stared at him as the blood from the recently ripped fang streamed down his chin, slowly dropping to the floor from there. He reached to wipe it out with his claw before speaking.

 

“Very well. We shall be taking our leave, then” he said, immediately taking off on his youki cloud.

 

Kagome hurriedly said her goodbyes before grabbing Shippou and her enormous backpack and following Sesshoumaru.

 

 

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